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A PASSION FOR PARIS: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light, Book Tour, spring 2015, update
Our spring 2015, coast-to-coast extravaganza to celebrated the publication of A PASSION FOR PARIS: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light, starts on April 21 when we fly from Paris to Boston. See below for our schedule of dates, venues and times. About the book: A unique combination of memoir, history, and travelogue, this […]
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A Passion for Paris: The Real Romance of Paris (Be Original!)
Now and then, then and now… The scene opens with thousands of “love locks” glinting on a bridge spanning the Seine. Competing accordionists play nostalgic tunes from yesteryear—La Vie en Rose and “Paris is Always Paris.” Brides and grooms from across the globe pose for photos. Into the camera frame the buttresses and spires […]
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A Passion for Paris: the Romance of Paris Theaters Then and Now
Is theater in Paris romantic and Romantic? Yes indeed, Romantic with a capital “R” as in Romanticism and the Great Romantics. The Age of Romanticism lives on not only in the streets, parks, buildings and cityscape but also and mainly in the hearts and minds of countless Parisians—and on stage. […]
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The raison d’être of A Passion for Paris
Blame Nadar: his noir—noir et blanc I should say—influence helped lure me to Paris way back when. I wanted to take up residence in one of his black-and-white photos, preferably inside the frame of one of the nudes he produced, specifically the one supposedly showing Mimi. “Supposedly” is not chosen for effect. A tale […]